A Chelmsford man who died after being hit by a train was "feeling fine" the day before his death, an inquest has heard.

Patrick Aspbury, 23, who became famous in 2005 for being a member of three-piece boyband the Choirboys, was an inpatient of a mental health ward at the Linden Centre, in Broomfield, at the time of his death on April 12.

Just two days before his death, Patrick made a remark during a meeting about committing suicide by standing in front of a train, a jury at Essex Coroners' Court heard this morning (Monday, September 11).

But despite this shocking statement, a decision was still made to allow the young singer to go home to his family for a short visit, only for him to jump onto the tracks at Chelmsford station and step in front of a train the next day.

As part of the inquest into Patrick's death, several witnesses were called upon today to give evidence.

Patrick Aspbury tragically died on railway tracks at Chelmsford station.

Shaun Carroll, Coroners Enquiry Co-ordinator at British Transport Police, told the court of the investigation that took place in the wake of Patrick's death.

On the day he died, Patrick caught a bus from The Blue Lion pub, in Great Baddow, before getting off at the station where he bought a ticket to Witham at around 3.20pm.

The jury were played a short clip from CCTV which showed Patrick sitting down for a short while, before jumping onto the tracks and standing in front of a train which was passing through the station.

Mr Carroll explained how the train driver had applied the emergency brake but was unable to stop in time.